Ransoniella punctata

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Ransoniella punctata
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R. punctata
Binomial name
Ransoniella punctata
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771
  • Cypraea punctata punctata Linnaeus, 1771
  • Palmadusta punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)

Ransoniella punctata, common name the brown-spotted cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania

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